florida, ending on august 13th. and make sense to roll out the vp pick in the bus tour. >> and they're going to say, that he should pick marco rubio, but he needs to show off support and president obama is winning over mitt romney in hispanics by 63-27 in critical swing states, if you pick marco rubio. >> dave: mainly florida. >> alisyn: it would shore up florida and the argument that he needs florida to win. but of course, there's compelling reasons to pick paul ryan as well. >> clayton: the guy who laid out the budget division for the future of the republican party and shaking things up and forcing president obama's hand to make some concessions on the budget and to actually have to acknowledge what this is all about, although bobby jindal of louisiana, governor of louisiana has been floated a bit and floated last time in 2008 although i don't know this time around. >> dave: well, jindal, appears, is on the rubio train, listen. >> and something like a line which had a powerful message that this administration was serious about tackling medicare reform and doing so in a courageous way. >> dave: i meant the paul ryan train, obviously. but, it comes down to one thing for romney, does he go bold? he hasn't gone bold with much thus far, it's not his style, not how he campaigns. he hasn't made a whole lot of bold moves throughout this. will he go with a pawlenty or a portman or bold with one of these two choices. i'd love to see this on the ticket. i don't think it's likely. >> alisyn: according to the weekly standard between marco rubio and paul ryan. if case you've forgotten. florida senator and why he would shore that up. the former speaker of the house there. and he is dubbed the chief or crowned prince of course the son of cuban immigrants. >> wisconsin on the other side there, paul ryan, congressman there, the chairman of the house budget committee and also, he introduced that bill to cut entitlement spending which we talked about and says he's inspired about is the author. >> dave: you initially heard republican conservatives say that rubio is not ready, not experienced enough. it'd be hard to make that argument from the left, obviously, he's arguably quite a bit more experienced from the current president. i don't know who would make that argument if rubio were the case. maybe the next four or five days. >> and who would you like to see as the vice-presidential pick for mitt romney? you can find it on twitter or [email protected]. look at your headlines. sources are telling that jared loughner, is accused of going on the shooting rampage in arizona, and six killed ap several injured, including gabrielle giffords who has shot in the head. they are going to testify that he is sane. he could be sent to prison the rest of his life. >> and in oklahoma, people return to their home and find nothing, but ashes in the wake of massive wildfire that ripped through the area and they say it was possible it was set on purpose after reports of someone throwing burning newspapers from a pickup truck. the dry conditions fueling the flames and destroying 5 dozen homes. >> we didn't go full on blitz of getting everything out, because we just, i didn't feel it was really going to get here. >> and meanwhile, several other fires are burning through the state forcing people from their homes in creek and payne county. a homicide bomber in a funeral service in yemen, part of the civilian militia helping the army fight al-qaeda. the government is launching an investigation into the attack and yemeni officials say that five suspected militants were killed earlier in the day, a possible u.s. drone strike. and couldn't construct a better finish for michael phelps. >> dave: what an olympics it was, in the last olympic race, the u.s. grabs gold in the relay and phelps 22nd overall medical and 18th gold. lifetime achievement recognizing him as the most decorated olympian ever. >> and i said to nathan, oh, here they come, this could be pretty brutal up here and they started coming and i tried to fight it, but then i just, i just decided to let it go and whatever happen, happen. >> can't believe he won't swim again. he won four gold, two sell versus at this year's game. twice as many gold medals as anyone who has ever competed in the game. >> alisyn: incredible. >> dave: but the fact he says he's done at 27 and doesn't want to swim into his 30's. he could easily come back and win a gold if not two. >> clayton: i think he'll probably hit the local community pool, yeah. >> dave: the next place he might swim, south after ka with great white sharks. >> clayton: tip, don't worry the gold shiny things around your neck when air swimming with the sharks, my tip for you. >> alisyn: rick reichmuth is in a fun festival in ohio seeing trouble this morning twinsburg, ohio. >> rick: i'm not yet because it's dark behind me yet, but trust me, they're around. there are twins everywhere, we pulled in yesterday and look at the gas station, there's twins and you go to the little store, there's twins every place, eating dinner so this is the 37th year that twinsburg, ohio held the festival and this year, about 2000 different sets of twins here and we'll talk to a lot of them. about to run a 5 k and gathering around in a second and i do want to talk about the weather, there's obviously a lot going on. there's the fires, potential hurricane, the heat and some big rain, also. here are your temps as are' waking up. far improved from yesterdayen because the gold front is moving through and kind after cool front, but it's changing things down quite a bit. you can see the significant rain going through places that desperately need it. down towards oklahoma and in fact that line of showers that makes its way down to oklahoma city, it will help conditions there with the fire and it's also going to change the wind direction around and unfortunately make things difficult for the fighting of the fires for at least a little bit of time. today, a threat for more severe weather and you see the yellow and the storms off to the west of that, that's what we'll continue to track off to the east and as it does, spark some significant storms and see a severe weather outbreak. a lot of areas need the rain and we're going to take it and there's ernesto and the one more immediate for impact to land and see the track has pulled farther south than yesterday and maybe making land fall around belize and we cannot take our eye off south texas for this one. and two women who have written a book about being twins all their lives. >> clayton: double mint twins. >> dave: and maybe fill nuss on the harrowing journey to get there. it took about an entire day to get there. he'll tell us later on. >> clayton: let me ask you, have you ever taken the amtrak train. >> alisyn: all the time. >> clayton: and most of us in the northeast. do you ever go back to the food cart area. >> alisyn: all the time. >> clayton: ali does, dave does, have you ever ordered the hamburger in a bag? >> no, i-- i've seen that and mystery meat sandwich. >> clayton: 9.50. turns out amtrak, we're learning more about amtrak, how much money they're losing over 800 million dollars since 2002 on their food service. because people simply aren't buying the food back in the food cart or it's overpriced. >> alisyn: not so fast, it's not that people aren't buying it, they are buying it, it's they think it's employee theft. >> dave: a couple million dollar a year, not the 80. >> alisyn: are you sure, but there are employee theft. lack of proper oversight and waste, by the way when i go to the food cart there's a line 12 people deep you have to wait to buy it and lost 80 million a year because they just screwed up the management of the food. >> dave: and labor costs adds 60%, every food and beverage, 9.50 that clayton talked about, costs amtrak, $16 according to one analysis. >> clayton: and therefore taxpayers. >> dave: and a soft drink, two bucks on the train costs taxpayers, 3.40. what's the point of an additional service if that service loses you money? only at amtrak. >> clayton: well, democrats argue and democratic congressmen from west virginia saying, wait a second, republicans want to get rid of the food service jobs, about 1200, privatize them get rid of the jobs, 1200 will be lost as a result of, i don't know, downsizing the food service on amtrak, but it's so wasteful they have never broken even. >> never, never. 1981, they've never-- >> i will have congressman john micah's quote overseas, he says, there has to be a better way. we have to stop this subsidy, why are we subsidizing the tasteless turkey sandwich. >> clayton: and the $9 burger in a bag. >> alisyn: and they think that people have just been raiding the till because basically there are two different amtrak departments, that oversee the foods and this one dropped the ball. there's no accountability and they're just losing scads and scads of money. you could probably get a sam adams from time to time. the $8 version. >> dave: the convention is weeks away and now a muslim group plans to hold pro islamic events during the democratic national convention and our next guest is concerned, hear why straight ahead. >> alisyn: and this isn't exactly what they were fishing for-- >> is it what was that? that's a baby crying for help after it got caught in a whirlpool and three fishermen come to the rescue. >> dive in to help the bear? ♪ >> welcome back to "fox & friends," everybody. just weeks away from the conventions and we're learning that the bureau of indigenous muslim affairs is asked to hold a mass prayer during the dnc and a spokesperson says that everyone is invited to attend, but just who is the group and why is our next guest showing concern for the three-day event. the author of a battle for the soul of islam, joins us this morning, good to see you, sir. >> good to see you, dave. >> who is the group, and why you are concerned? >> and you know, i tell you, dave, i think the most important thing as a muslim, pro islamic to reject bmia, one of the permtations, and the others. if you look at their background, and a quick research and see huff who is advertised in the charlotte observer, he ran a group called the islamist political party in america in 2008 a spokesperson and that's a group that has the muslim brotherhood about the islamic state, imposing sharia and then wahaj the poster child for this. and i was giving a speech, to over 15,000 muslims held up the koran and said the goal was to replace the u.s. constitution with the koran and they are against american military. so, i think it's time to say that, you know, the dnc and its leadership should reject them and say they don't represent muslims and i hope that muslims, the patriotic muslims in the democratic group say it's a bad reflection of what it stands for. >> dave: what's the difference between the two, the democrats and the group we're discussing? >> so far, there's been little comment from the democrats about this event and they even said they are going to the republican convention, also. and instead of prayer, they're going to have a checklist for the candidates about the condemning the n.y.p.d., the same thing that so many american islamist groups they're going to push on the platform of the democratic convention, it's important that you're covering this, it's important to hear what they feel about the idealogs and say it's not about religious freedoms it's about a political islamist group of with ideas with a threat to american security. >> dave: we're not sure how much they embrace this group and they have the right to deny holding this gathering? >> they're listed as part of the functions of the dnc convention and i think for any radical group decide today participate peripherally dnc convention i think the dnc should be held accountable for groups who affiliate with the platform and so far no pressure, and they're sort of giving them the platform to participate in the convention and i think they should be held accountable for that. >> an offer for the battle of the soul of islam. thank you for being with us. have a good weekend. >> thank you, dave. >> a heart breaking cry for help, a baby bear trapped in a whirlpool rescued by fishermen, amazing. we'll hear the story next. and as michael phelps gets another gold, he may be spared when it comes to paying taxes on his success. the latest efforts being made by congress ahead. ♪ hi, i'm phil mickelson. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, whilen enbrel, you experice persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. 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[bear crying] >> don't want him to drown. >> and after smart maneuvering, the three men were able to help get the bear to safely. >> joining us on the phone, one of the three fishingermen, mike, good to talk to you this morning. >> good morning, guys, thanks for having me. >> it's amazing to have you on the phone. tell us what your initial reaction was when you started hearing the sound and discovered where the sound is coming from, what are you thinking? >> guys, it was completely surreal. like it wasn't happening. i mean, you expect to see bears out in nature on these trips, but never expect to run into something quite like that. we were actually all stunned and just looking at each other in amazement what should we do to try to help the poor thing. >> how did you figure out what to do next. >> we never actually figured it out. it was trial and error, more like the three stooges out there going around in circles with the poor thing until we were lucky enough to give it out of the current and a poking with the net to get it to shore if it were dave and i, wonder how we would go about saving a bear and the thing that it could rip your arm off. >> did that come into consideration. >> the bear want today get into the boat. and really badly, it was so distressed, but knowing that mom is on shore, puts us down a couple of pegs on the food chain, guys, and to get that poor thing in the boat, mom would have definitely came out of the woods and said enough is enough and that's what we were mostly worried about. >> and obviously, we wouldn't be speaking with you, if there wasn't a happy ending here. >> and tell us about finally getting this baby bear to the shore. what happened next and how did that feel for you guys? what were your emotions at that point? >> and it was, it was amazing. that poor guy was so gassed, and he barely made it to shore. when he gets up on shore, it took every ounce of his energy to get up innen ott rock and into the woods and looked one more time and looked back, one little cry and talking three pretty tough guys and there wasn't a dry eye in the boat. we were all pretty happy. >> and mike, because of the situation in midtown manhattan. what did you do? what did you finally do to save him? >> what we finally did was we got luck and just going in circles, he came up on the side of the boat and broke the currents of that eddie and i gave him one good shove with the net and he was off to shore. so i think that was god's answer to my prayers, being a cubs and bears fans all my life. >> oh. (laughter) >> did you fish that day. >> our concentration for fishing was broken for the day and only one trout. >> and if only the bear would-- >> the bear is going to be on timeout eating berries for quite some time. >> what time is it in alaska guys, it's 2:27 here, but my pleasure getting up to be on. >> a trooper. >> the pleasure was all ours. >> thanks for having me, guys. >> i swear that bear was saying, bear, bear! was i the only thing thinking that? >> or asking for a bear. >> bear, bear. >> alisyn: thanks for interpreting that. and the mayor blocking rises for firefighters to give raises to his top advisors. >> clayton: and for 91 years, one city saying not so fast. ♪ ♪ [music plays] ♪ [muc plays] ♪ [music plays] my feet and exactly where i needed more support. i had tired, achy feet. until i got my number. my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotics number. now i'm a believer. you'll be a believer, too. learn where to find your number at drscholls.com. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. 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